Pocket-lining.



A. WALKER.

POCKET LINING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. |915.

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ROSS, .OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

' POCKET-Hume.

Specification of Letters Patent.

v PatentedfJan. 2, 1917.

Application mea :ranaay 19,1915. seriai No. 3,055.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW VALKER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPocket-Linings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

In carrying matches,.cigarettes and the like in ones pocket, the sameare liable to become intermiXed, and badly injured.

rIhe object of this invention is the construction of a lining for thepocket by means of which not onlyare the small articles referred to keptfrom entanglement and injury, but in addition they are enabled to beremoved one by one with readiness and convenience.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1is a perspective view of a lining embodying my improvements, before ithas beenV introduced within a pocket. Fig. 2 is a front, sectional viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the lining on the line X-Xin Fig. 1, showing the same secured within a garment pocket. Fig. 4: isa perspective view of one of the lining lids. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview from beneath showing the formation of the pocket lining.

The pocket lining is composed of sheet metal, pressboard or othermaterial possessing suflicient rigidity for the purpose, and it ispreferably made by bending over the two terminal sections of a length ofthe sheet material parallel with but spaced from the intermediatesection, the lower edges of the sheet material being incurved to form ahalf-round bottom where the terminal sections approach the intermediatesection.

The reference numeral l designates the intermediate section, or back; 2are the terminal sections, or front, and 3 are the incurved edgescomposing the bottom.

The terminal sections 2 are each less than half the length of theintermediate section 1, so that their edges are approximately half aninch apart, thereby forming a slot f1 eX- tending the entire height ofthe front. In the top edge of the back 1 and directly behind the slot 4is a notch 5.

In using this pocket lining, the same is introduced in the pocket openpart uppermost, as shown in Fig. 3, where 6 designates such pocket, and7 the garment containing the pocket, and is filled with cigarettes 9, orother desired articles of the kind, as shown in Fig. 3; the front 2being toward the front of the pocket.

To withdraw a cigarette, the wearer of the garment puts his hand intothe pocket, with the tip of the thumb resting in the notch 5 and theforeinger run down between the front of the pocket and the lining untilit passes the topmost cigarette. He then gives an upward sweep with theforefinger, raising therewith the topmost cigarette until the latterreaches his thumb, and is gripped between the thumb and forefinger andremoved. 1

In case this lining is used in a vest pocket, as it most generally is,its contents are very liable to be spilled therefrom, since a vestpocket seldom has a flap. To prevent this spilling, I provide two lids10 pivoted at their opposite ends to the back 1, but sufliciently shortto leave the notch 5 unobstructed. The pivotal means of each lidpreferably consists of an ear 12 and a slender sharpened screw 13passing through said ear and the back 1; and each lid is held in itsclosed position by fitting friction-tight between the front 2 and back1, a lug 14 keeping the same from descending much below the edges of theback and front, and a small nut 15 fastening the lining in place.

In using this pocket lining provided With lids as above set forth, theupward movement of the fingers acts both to bring up the topmost articleand to raise the lids, thereby giving a free release to the article.

In case it is desired to form the lining from sheet metal, a littlesolder may be run along the line of contact between the bottom edges ofthe fronts and back 2, 1; while if the same is made from fiber-board orthe like, glue may be applied to said edges. Where comparatively heavysheet metal is used, no solder is needed.

What I claim is:

A pocket lining composed of a comparatively iniieXible material andcomprising a back, front, bottom and ends, the top being entirely opento form a mouth, and the front having a vertical slot extending from thebotto'lnit'othe" top InidWayxof thefefle, andV2 two-lids closingalllout' they central part of the open mouth, each lidvhaving an ear atone-endfandlug atithejother 6nd,-and`each v ear having a pointedscrewpassing. through it and the back, and each screw having a nut Y forfastening the pocket lining in plane;Y

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I,Inl testiniony that Claim the foregoing invention, I have hereunto setmy hand this V15th day of January, 1915.

Y ANDREW l/VALKER VVtnessesci A. B. UPHAM, EDWIN SHIVELL.

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